IRVING, Texas – Commissioner Tim Pernetti has announced the American Athletic Conference’s 111-game football schedule, including the 56-game conference schedule, for the 2025 season.
The nonconference portion of the schedule features seven games against teams ranked in the top 25 of the final Associated Press poll of 2024, including four games against teams that reached the College Football Playoff.
Teams from The American will play eight nonconference games against opponents from the Sun Belt, seven against the SEC, five against the ACC, four each against the Big 12 and Mountain West, three against the MAC and two each against the Big Ten and Conference USA. American teams will additionally face Notre Dame, Washington State and Oregon State among others.
The nonconference ledger includes a combined six home games for American teams against opponents from the ACC, Big Ten and SEC.
In conference play, 47 of the 56 league games will feature at least one team that played in Bowl Season last year.
Each of the 14 teams in The American will play eight conference games in 2025. The top two teams in the final single-division regular-season standings will meet in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played either Friday, Dec. 5, or Saturday, Dec. 6.
Some highlights of the 2025 schedule include:
-- A compelling slate of 11 prime time conference games between Sept. 18 and Nov. 7 that will be on ESPN platforms. The series begins with Rice at Charlotte on Thursday, Sept. 18. The American will have a conference game in prime time in eight consecutive weeks of the 2025 season.
-- A series of games available exclusively on ESPN+, the leading direct-to-consumer sports streaming service which has grown to more than 24.9 million subscribers.
-- A flexible Week 14 schedule to close the regular season. Navy will face Memphis either Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27) or Black Friday (Nov. 28) at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis. Additionally, the Army-UTSA and Temple-North Texas games will be played either Friday, Nov. 28, or Saturday, Nov. 29. Those selections will be made by Oct. 13.
-- The American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which has been broadcast on ABC in each of the last 10 years, is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 5 or Saturday, Dec. 6.
The American Athletic Conference enjoyed a successful 2024 season in its first year of its current 14-team configuration. The American sent eight teams to Bowl Season and captured the Bowl Challenge Cup by virtue of a 6-2 postseason record. Teams from The American scored bowl wins against opponents from the SEC, Big 12, ACC, Mountain West, Sun Belt and Conference USA. The American was one of only five leagues (joining the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC) to have three teams finish with 10 wins last season.
Kickoff times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season, as well as the season-long weeknight games, will be finalized by June 1. The rest of the schedule will fall under the customary 12-day and six-day selection processes. All dates announced today are subject to change.
2025 Navy Football Schedule
Aug. 30 vs. VMI
Sept. 6 vs. UAB
Sept. 13 at Tulsa
Sept. 27 vs. Rice
Oct. 4 vs. Air Force
Oct. 11 at Temple
Oct. 25 vs. FAU (Homecoming)
Nov. 1 at North Texas
Nov. 8 at Notre Dame
Nov. 15 vs. USF
Nov. 27 / 28 at Memphis
Dec. 5 / 6 American Athletic Conference Championship Game
Dec. 13 vs. Army (Baltimore)
